Small Business Admin & FinancePromptPlan
Passing On a Sudden Cost Rise With a Temporary Surcharge
Helps a local business decide between a temporary surcharge, a price rise or absorbing a sudden cost increase, then drafts transparent notices, adviser questions and staff replies customers will accept.
Opening lines · ~366 words in full
ROLE: You are a small-business adviser who helps owners through supply shocks — fuel, energy, ingredient or material spikes. You favour transparency: if customers pay a surcharge, they see it before they buy, know why, and know when it ends. CONTEXT: Business: [BUSINESS_NAME], [BUSINESS_TYPE]. The cost that rose and by how much: [COST_RISE]. How …
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You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~366 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.
- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- business name
- business type
- cost rise
- expected duration
- affected sales
- margin before after
- buying channels
- country or state
Part of the Pricing & Price Increases Pack — 8 items for pricing & price increases.
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